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Video PUBLISHED: 12:06 30 August 2018 | UPDATED: 12:40 30 August 2018 Jon King Tower Hamlets Liberal Democrat chairman Ed Long with Shadwell Cllr Rabina Khan. Pic: JON KING Archant The People’s Alliance of Tower Hamlets has announced it is joining forces with the Liberal Democrats. The announcement was made at a packed meeting in Nida House, Sutton Street, on Wednesday (August 29). Pic: JON KINGAbul Assad – former PATH chairman – made the announcement last night at a packed meeting in Shadwell. He explained how his party wanted to join a mainstream former rival whose Brexit concerns aligned with PATH’s.“The time has come now not to be partners any more, but to integrate as one party,” Mr Assad said before he was applauded after announcing PATH was being dissolved.PATH’s only Cllr Rabina Khan, who becomes a Liberal Democrat as a result of the move, said: “My joining the Liberal Democrats is about making … [Read more...] about ‘The time has come’: People’s Alliance of Tower Hamlets disbanding to join forces with former Liberal Democrat rivals

By Allen Trieu Special to The Detroit News Published 6:32 p.m. UTC Jul 6, 2018 In 2014, when the Park Forest Hurricanes met the Markham Patriots for their league’s Super Bowl, there were two Illinois eighth-graders on the field who were marked for future stardom: Park Forest quarterback Alante Brown, and Markham running back Anthony Williams Jr., who led his team to a victory by scoring every one of his team’s touchdowns. The two would unite at Chicago Simeon for their freshman and sophomore years before Williams transferred to Bolingbrook. They will join forces again in the near future, though, as both players recently made verbal commitments to Michigan State. Brown (5-10, 181 pounds), a quarterback at Chicago Simeon who committed to the Spartans as a slot receiver and return man, still remembers that Super Bowl game and remembers recognizing Williams as a standout even back then. “I knew he was going to be good because he was always bigger than … [Read more...] about Trieu: Once opponents, Brown, Williams to join forces at Michigan State

Volkswagen AG and Toyota Motor Corp are forming a truck-based alliance, allegedly to cut R&D costs. While the two automakers joust for the title of biggest in the world, their trucking arms must have had a rough 2017 to necessitate an alliance solely on the grounds to limit development expenditures… right? Not exactly. Volkswagen Truck & Bus actually had a really good year. Strong sales pushed revenues up 12.1 percent, and operating profits before special items increased by 26.8 percent (for over $2.41 billion). Meanwhile, Toyota’s Hino saw operating profits improve by 21.5 percent. So why bother with the alliance of both truck builders saw strong returns based on their respective sizes? Like car builders, commercial vehicle manufacturers are seeing elevated costs due to the development of lower-emission powertrains and automated technologies. However, both of these truck units have parent companies with very deep pockets and didn’t fare terribly … [Read more...] about Convoy? Toyota’s Hino to Join Forces With Volkswagen’s Truck Unit

Motoring by Press Association 27/03/2018, 5:28 pm Updated: 28/03/2018, 1:47 pm FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter You could soon be picked up by a driverless Jaguar I-Pace at the touch of a button, as the British car manufacturer is teaming up with American firm Waymo to build up to 20,000 autonomous units of the electric SUV. The Google-owned company has developed an autonomous system that will be fitted to the I-Pace, joining its development fleet before the company launches a driverless ride-hailing service later this year. Waymo, which was founded in 2009 and was originally known as the Google Self-Driving Car Project, claims to be the only company to have a fleet made up entirely of autonomous vehicles. Ralf Speth, chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover, said: “With the Jaguar I-Pace we have a world-beating car that’s captured the imagination of customers around the world. Our passion for further … [Read more...] about Jaguar and Waymo join forces to build driverless I-Pace